" FLYING TIGERS ", 297 ENEMY " KILLS " - ALL VOLUNTEER PILOTS WWII - BLOOD CHITS?
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CACHETED COVER HONORING THE WORLD FAMOUS AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP "FLYING TIGERS", WHO FOUGHT THE JAPANESE FOR SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. LED BY CLAIRE CHENNAULT. PILOTING AMERICAN MADE CURTISS P-40s, THE THREE SQUADRONS ACCOUNTED FOR 229 JAPANESE PLANES SHOT DOWN IN DOG-FIGHTS (AERIAL COMBAT), AND 68 DESTROYED ON THE GROUND DURING BOMBING AND STRAFING ATTACKS. THEIR EFFORTS AS WELL AS THOSE OF THEIR CREATOR AND LEADER MADE A HUGE IMPAC...T IN AIDING IN CHINA'S DEFENSE AGAINST THE ENEMY JAPANESE. CACHETED FRONT & BACK. FRONT CONSIST OF A PHOTO OF GENERAL CHENNAULT, HIS DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE FLYING TIGER'S PILOTS, THE CURTISS P-40 WARHAWK AIRCRAFT. ALSO SHOWN; A "BLOOD CHIT" (EXPLANATION INCLUDED), THE UNIT'S PATCH, AND THE COVER OF 1942 LIFE MAGAZINE PICTURING CHENNAULT, ALL WITH PERTINENT TEXT. BACK CACHET IS CHENNAULT'S D.F.C. CITATION & A PHOTO OF "ACE, DAVID 'TEX' HILL WITH OTHER AVG PILOTS. COVER IS UN-ADDRESSED AND 'POLY SLEEVE' ENCLOSED. FRANKED WITH THE "U. S. AIRMAIL, BI-FOLD PLANE" STAMP & CANCELLED IN THE CITY OF CHENNAULT'S BIRTH, "COMMERCE, TX, JAN. 10, 2019". CHENNAULT WENT ON TO HEAD SEVERAL U.S. AIR FORCE COMMANDS, EVENTUALLY RETIRING FROM SAME. HE IS INTERRED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, "WHERE VALOR PROUDLY SLEEPS". NICE, ATTRACTIVE, UNIQUE, AND INEXPENSIVE SOUVENIR FOR THE MILITARY HISTORIAN. USCS MEMBER # 11835, COVER # 4 OF 10. "TOP SARGE" CACHET.
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